See The Art Directors Guild Awards 2026 Production Design Nominees

On January 7, the Art Directors Guild (ADG) announced its 2026 nominees for excellence in production design. This year’s awards ceremony marks the ADG’s 30th annual celebration, honoring outstanding production achievements in film, television, and music. The ceremony will take place on February 28 at the InterContinental Downtown Los Angeles.

In keeping with last year’s format, the awards are divided into 14 categories organized by medium and genre. Highlights in the film category include Rick Heinrichs’ majestic church in “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” Jack Fisk’s claustrophobic 1950s New York in “Marty Supreme,” and the ever-majestic land of Oz in “Wicked: For Good.” On the television front, Merje Veski’s clean-cut kitchen interiors for “The Bear” will compete against Julie Berghoff’s sleek midcentury offices in the half-hour single-camera series category, alongside other nominees. Anderson, Prada, State Farm, Target and Xbox are neck-in-neck for best commercial, while Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter, and Taylor Swift are competing for best music video. Final voting ends on February 25th with the winners announced three days later.

Feature-Length Motion Picture

Period Feature Film

• “Frankenstein” – Tamara Deverell
• “Hamnet” – Fiona Crombie
• “Marty Supreme” – Jack Fisk 
• “The Phoenician Scheme” – Adam Stockhausen
• “Sinners” – Hannah Beachler

Fantasy Feature Film

• “Avatar: Fire and Ash” – Dylan Cole and Ben Procter
• “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” – Kasra Farahani
• “Mickey 17” – Fiona Crombie
• “Superman” – Beth Mickle 
• “Wicked: For Good” – Nathan Crowley

Contemporary Feature Film

• “Bugonia” – James Price
• “F1” – Ben Munro and Mark Tildesley 
• “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”– Gary Freeman
• “One Battle After Another” – Florencia Martin 
• “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” – Rick Heinrichs 

Animated Feature Film

• “The Bad Guys 2” – Luc Desmarchelier
• “Elio” – Harley Jessup
• “KPop Demon Hunters” – Mingjue Helen Chen and Dave Bleich
• “The Spongebob Movie: Search for Squarepants” – Sean Haworth and Pablo R. Mayer
• “Zootopia 2” – Cory Loftis 

Television Nominees

One-Hour Period Single-Camera Series 

• “The Gilded Age: If You Want to Cook an Omlette” – Bob Shaw
• “House of Guinness: Episode 101”– Richard Bullock
• “It: Welcome to Derry: The Blackspot” – Paul Austerberry
• “1923: Wrap Thee in Terror” – Cary White and Lisa Ward
• “Palm Royale: Maxine Drinks Martini’s Now, Maxine Serves a Swerve” – Jon Carlos

One-Hour Fantasy Single-Camera Series

• “Andor: “Who Are You?” – Luke Hull
• “Alien: Earth: Neverland” –  Andy Nicholson
• “The Last of Us: Day One” – Don MacAulay
• “Stranger Things: Chapter Four: Sorcerer” – Chris Trujillo
• “Wednesday: Chapter Four – If These Woes Could Talk” – Mark Scruton

One-Hour Contemporary Single-Camera Series 

• “Pluribus: Grenade” – Denise Pizzini
• “Severance: Chikhai Bardo” – Jeremy Hindle
• “Slow Horses: Incommunicado, Tall Tales” – Choi Ho Man
• “The Pitt: 7:00 A.M.” – Nina Ruscio
• “The White Lotus: Amor Fati” – Cristina Onori

Television, Movie, or Limited Series

• “Adolescence” – Adam Tomlinson
• “Black Mirror: USS Callister: Into Infinity” – Miranda Jones
• “Black Rabbit” – Alex DiGerlando
• “Death By Lightning” – Gemma Jackson
• “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” – Matthew Flood Ferguson

Half Hour Single-Camera Series

• “The Bear: Bears” – Merje Veski
• “Hacks: A Slippery Slope” – Rob Tokarz
• “Murderbot: FreeCommerce” – Sue Chan 
• “Only Murders in the Building: The House Always…” – Patrick Howe
•  “The Studio: The Note” – Julie Berghoff

Multi-Camera Series

• “Mid-Century Modern: Bye, George” – Glenda Rovello
• “Mid-Century Modern: Love Thy Neighbor” – Greg J. Grande
• “Poppa’s House: Baby Girl, Magic Shine Again” – Aiyana Trotter
• “Vampirina: Teenage Vampire: First Nightmare” – Maggie Ruder
• “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place: The Wizard at the End of the World Part II” – Kelly Hogan

Variety or Reality Series

• “Dancing with the Stars: Wicked Night” – James Yarnell
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Jimmy Kimmel Live Brooklyn” – David Ellis
• “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Kids Pitch” – Jim Fenhagen, Larry Hartman
• “Saturday Night Live: Lady Gaga Host” – Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph De Tullio, and Andrea Purcigliotti
• “Squid Game: The Challenge Catch” – Mathieu Weekes and Ben Norman

Variety Special  

• “Atsuko Okatsuka: Father” – Gary Kordan
• “Miley Cyrus: Something Beautiful” – David Meyer
• “78th Annual Tony Awards with Host Cynthia Erivo” – Steve Bass
• “SNL 50: The Anniversary Special” – Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, and N. Joseph De Tullio
• “Wicked: One Wonderful Night” – Misty Buckley

Commercials 

• “Anderson: Trust Your Home to Anderson” – Natalie Groce
• “Prada: Galleria Bag” – Florencia Martin
• “State Farm Batman vs Bateman” – David Skinner
• “Target – Step into the Holidays”  – Nelson Coates
• “Xbox: ROG Xbox Ally – Dancing in the Dark – Launch Trailer” – Florencia Martin

Short Format and Music Videos 

• “Apple – Someday by Spike Jonze: AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancelation” – Shane Valentino
• “Coldplay: All My Love” – Florencia Martin
• “Lady Gaga: Abracadabra” – Wesley Goodrich
• “Sabrina Carpenter: Tears” – Brittany Porter
• “Taylor Swift: The Fate of Ophelia” – Ethan Tobman